Môwthâr — H4195

Definition

masculine noun

literally gain; figuratively, superiority

1. pre-eminence, abundance, profit, superiority
1. abundance, plenty
2. pre-eminence, superiority

Usually translated as

plenteousness, preeminence, profit

Origin

from H3498

• Derived from Yâthar (H3498)

Occurrences

Môwthâr occurs 3 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Proverbs (2), Ecclesiastes (1)

• Proverbs 14:23 — In all labour there is profit (מוֹתָ֑ר): but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.
• Proverbs 21:5 — The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness (לְמוֹתָ֑ר); but of every one that is hasty only to want.
• Ecclesiastes 3:19 — For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; so that a man hath no preeminence (וּמוֹתַ֨ר) above a beast: for all is vanity.